Faith and Nature

Posts Tagged ‘creation’

Join Jan Steffe and me for a six week course titled Finding Joy and Generosity in Creation.  The class will look to the natural world and our experiences within it to better understand living with joy and generosity while surrounded by pain and scarcity. In response, we hope to rejoice in our responsibility and commit to generously caring for the resources with which God as entrusted us. The course will be offered at First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley, 2407 Dana Street, Berkeley, CA,  starting Sunday January 10,  2010 at 11:30.  You can download the Winter Institute Program here, or register for the class here.

Contemplating Creation

On a recent hike in the High Sierra we chanced to come across this meadow which simply demanded that we slow down, and contemplate creation. There’s much to learn from simply taking a rest in a spot that has been untrammeled by the demands of our culture on time and resources. On the drive back through Yosemite I ran across this quote from Aldo Leopold which I think is appropriate:

… a land ethic changes the role of homo sapiens from conquerors of the land community to plain members and citizens of it. It implies respect for its fellow members, and also respect for the community as such